Hopkins vs Jones set for 3rd April (about 10 years too late)

I'm one that thought Hopkins could pull a win in rematch with Jones.....when it meant something and Jones still had something in the tank.Hopkins is preserved and can still compete at a top level...Jones is shot to pieces,has been for a while I believe and I think he'll end up on the end on some serious right hands here....getting stopped ugly.Hopkins will jump around and think its a massive achievement but in reality all it does is give him a "W" over a man who beat him and sooth his ego (hey I love Hopkins but come on).Thats it.This is a money grab on name status...a lining of the wallet for two great fighters on their way out.Bit of a charity auction of sorts.

Just a kwik question guys, who do you think will enter the ring first?

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Originally Posted by Themantonio

Just a kwik question guys, who do you think will enter the ring first?

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Steelie ;)

Despite jones' loss to green I still think it's an interesting fight. Remember Jones gave lacey an absolute drumming.

I think hopkins will win it.

The danger is the hopkins will win in a landslide vistory. Everyone knows what to expect from Bhop, but what's jones going to bring? Anything?

I'll say this: RJJ was the guy that Hopkins was never, ever going to beat. IMO it would just not happen. Jones just had the "know how", fight smarts and of course physical gifts that would just not allow Hopkins to get anything going. Prime RJJ is a bad matchup for prime Bhop. Well, prime RJJ is a bad match for just about any fighter 160-175 in history.

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Originally Posted by Beanflicker

I'll say this: RJJ was the guy that Hopkins was never, ever going to beat. IMO it would just not happen. Jones just had the "know how", fight smarts and of course physical gifts that would just not allow Hopkins to get anything going. Prime RJJ is a bad matchup for prime Bhop. Well, prime RJJ is a bad match for just about any fighter 160-175 in history.

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Great post here and I agree 100%.

I really am praying for one more day in the sunshine for RJJ come April 3rd but I don't see it. But to look back they have fought before and both were closer to their primes than they are today (Jones a lot closer) and Jones all but schooled Hopkins with one hand.

Now if Hopkins thinks that getting revenge over this shell of a once great man will add to his legacy then he is more deluded than I thought.

I see this being a landslide victory for B-Hop though, last time Jones was KO'd he took a few fights to start letting his hands go again and it'lll probably happen again now. Why oh why didn't he retire after Ruiz? IMO he would be universally recognized as p4p top 3 all time now if he had retired then on top having just won a HW strap!